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C'est la paix, c'est la douce paix, la paix maternelle et féconde, Qui sourit sous tous les aspects De la nature blanche, ou verte, ou blonde! C'est la paix, c'est la douce paix. C'est la paix aux mains d'or, C'est la paix au front rose Et qui n'admet sur ses autels Que le sang de la vigne et le sang de la rose, C'est l'immortelle paix, chère à tous les mortels! Sans rancoeur, dès qu'on la rappelle Elle revient, avec son grand geste indulgent, Toujours aussi jeune, aussi belle, Et portant l'olivier d'argent. Elle était exilée au pays de chimère Là voici reconnue, elle a repris son rang. Et comme des enfants qui retrouvent leur mère Nous sommes jetlés dans ses bras en pleurant! C'est la paix, c'est la douce paix, la paix maternelle et féconde. Chantons sous les rameaux épais Et menons en chantant al ronde Autour le monde!
Authorship
- by Léon Guillot de Saix (1895 - 1964), "La douce paix", written 1919 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "La douce paix", 1920?, published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 2ème volume, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Tyson Deaton) , "The sweet peace", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Tyson Deaton
This text was added to the website: 2005-06-14
Line count: 23
Word count: 150
It is peace, it is the sweet peace, the maternal and fertile peace, Which smiles under all the aspects Of nature -- white, or green, or golden! It is peace, it's the sweet peace. It is peace with hands of gold, It is peace with rosy face And which permits on its altar Only the blood of the vine and the blood of the rose, It is the immortal peace, dear to all mortals! Without bitterness, once recalled It returns, with its great lenient gesture, Always so young, so beautiful, And carrying the silver olive branch. It was exiled to the land of fantasy There it is recognized, it has mended its rank. And like the children who recover their mother We are thrown crying into its arms! It is peace, it is the sweet peace, The maternal and fertile peace, We sing under the thick branches And we lead the singing of the round Around the world!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2005 by Tyson Deaton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Léon Guillot de Saix (1895 - 1964), "La douce paix", written 1919
This text was added to the website: 2005-06-14
Line count: 23
Word count: 157